Busy, Busy, Busy.....A Fun Kinda Busy!

So many new projects!!!


My sister and I have been making aprons and soy candles....It has been a blast! A friend of mine from Church opened a flower and gift shop in Feb. She asked me to put some of my handmade items in the shop. I have also been helping her and have learned how to arrange flowers. She makes beautiful arrangements! Her shop is called Petals and Presents. It is located in downtown Exeter, Ca.




Handmade Aprons!!!










We are taking special orders as well...If you are interested, leave me a comment here or email me at beckyjs63@aol.com. Aprons are priced anywhere from 24.99 up to 45.00.

I also made a couple of crowns for special orders. Here they are:






Thanks so much for stopping by...God Bless ~Becs

Robi's Egg Blues is having an Anniversary Giveaway!!!

Linda at Robins Egg Blues is celebrating her 1 year anniversary for her blog and for a few other reasons. She has the most amazing giveaway. Just click on the banner or the link on my sidebar to check it out. Her sign up ends on March 26, so hurry on over.

I also stumbled across another fantastic giveaway coming up! Fiona and Twig is having a Paris Flea Market Giveaway that looks awesome! Just click on the button on my sidebar to check it out!


Good Luck! Becs

Thank You For All Your Prayers and Friendship!

I can only say "Thank You!" Words are not enough to express how blessed I feel by all of your posts, letters, cards, tags, prayers and thoughts you have offered my family and I during this time of great loss. There are so many people that have offered encouragement and support through this blog and other on-line venues. It is truly amazing how special you have all made me feel, and to know that none of us have even actually met in person, I feel as if I have known you all for years. I plan to visit each of your blogs and leave a personal note in the next few days, but I did want to send out this post to you all to let you know that you have blessed my heart and I will never forget it! God Bless you all my friends...Becs

Momma's Journey Home

Today (January 26, 2010) at 1:25 pm, our loving momma left on a journey that she could only take with Jesus. She left this world and is now safe, whole and healed with a clear mind and perfect body. The angels are rejoicing at her arrival and she is dancing and singing with my dad and sister who have been waiting for her for several years now.

It is a hard thing to release your parents to leave you when your whole heart wants to say, "Noooooo, stay with me!!!" But after 84 years of a wonderful life, she was ready to go home.

Momma has had Dementia and Alzheimers for about 5-6 years. She has been in advanced stages for 2-3 years. My sister, brother-in-law and I cared for her in our home until last February when we could no longer do it. We realized we could not keep her safe or make her happy in our environment. So we (my sisters Bev and Belinda) made the agonizing decision to place her in a facility where they specialized in Dementia and Alzheimer care. She was happy there and well cared for.

About a week and a half ago, we received a call from the staff there stating that mom was acting differently. 10 days ago, we received a call they were taking her to the hospital beacause they suspected she may have had some small strokes. The ER Dr's kept her there overnight and she returned to her home. But she quickly got worse and within a few short days, she would be leaving us.

Fortunately for us mom was very specific about how she wanted things to go at the end of her life. She asked me to be her Power of Attorney before she got Dementia and she made her wishes known about all the what if's. I have to say, even though I knew she wanted nothing done, no heroics, no tubes, no life support,...It takes every ounce of faith and obediance to not say, "Do whatever you can to save her!" After feeling so helpless the last few years in not being able to do anything for momma because of this horrible disease, We were confident that carrying out her wishes was the right thing to do.

It was the Grace of God that she passed when she did today. My sister and I had an awesome opportunity to wash her face and hands, annoint her and help prepare her for her arrival to heaven. I felt such a release and peace knowing she was there and not here anymore. I will miss my mom terribly, as I do my dad and sister, but I praise God and rejoice in the knowledge that I will see her again someday and she will be rejoicing with the angels at my arrival! I am so blessed to have been able to help prepare her for her journey. And I understand now that she had to take this journey without us, but I have comfort in the fact that she was not alone, she was with Jesus and is in His presence forever!

I know the bible says we are to honor our parents and I have to say I was the one that was honored today! I am honored to have been raised by a wonderful, loving, caring, kind and beautiful mother and I pray that the legacy I leave behind will also honor her. There's a song by Randy Travis that says, "It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you, It's what you leave behind you when you go." Momma left a legacy of Grace, Strength and Love behind for us to carry on.

We are gonna miss you momma. Give dad and Barbara a hug and kiss for us too, and we will see you when we get there!

Pinkalicious Saturday!

I just love Beverly at How Sweet The Sound, for hosting these Pink Saturdays....I get to visit the most wonderful blogs and each week she introduces us to a few more pink lovin' pals! One of Beverly's challenges is to pick one of the blogs we have visited and show case them the following week. I chose to show off Sissie's Shabby Cottage this week. Her blog is the epitomy of Pinkness! It is beautiful! I could go on and an ...but go check it out, then you can come back and share with me what you liked the best!!!

My pink offering today are these two Mercury glass (probably not authentic mercury glass) candle sticks I just found at Home Goods, one of my favorite places to go lately! They are so cool. I just took them out of the bag and have not displayed them yet, but I did want to show them off. They were only $6 and $7. dollars!!!! The picture does not do them justice...



I hope you all have a wonderful day. Next Saturday I will begin my 100th post celebration and giveaway, so be sure to stop by and check it out....God Bless you all and Happy Pink Saturday! Becs

Pink Saturday... Blog Tour Here!

Are you ready for a Pink Blog Tour? It's Pink Saturday Again and Beverly at How Sweet the Sound is Hosting over 150 blogs celebrating Pink!



One of Beverly's challenges is that we visit another blog that participates and showcase it here. Well today I am going to Showcase Ginger's Blog, "Glitter and Roses". I love Ginger. She makes the cutest things and she is soooo sweet! We did a little shabby pink ornament swap after meeting here on Pink Saturday! Isn't that cool? So here is her link: Glitter and Roses Stop by and visit Ginger, she has the cutest mittens on her header that are all glittered and pink!

She Deserves a lovely piece like this!

Wish I could buy it for you Ginger....


Hey......Guess What???? Three more blog posts and I will be at 100!! Woo Hoo!!! I will be announcing a giveaway with my 100th post, so be sure to check back for the fun! I just noticed I missed my 100 followers (107) so I am gonna have a drawing for that as well....I am thinking about jewelry and of course a shabby chic craft package full of all of my favorites!!!Be sure and check back in a few days for the rules and grab a button....How exciting! Let's Party!



And don't forget to go to How Sweet the Sound for blogs...(some are having giveaways!!!) Happy Pink Saturday! ~~~ Becs

Happy Silver Sunday!

It's about time to put away the Christmas decorations. I could leave them out all year. I love these silver candle sticks (which btw, will not be put away...) and the glitter deer, snowflakes and balls....



The thing about living in the central valley of California, the closest thing we get to snow is fog and ice...LOL so these white and silver decorations are our White Chrsitmas...



And I had to include my two newest additions..My white and silver Snow lady...and my vintage glitter teddy bear.



For more Silver Sunday Parties, just visit Gypsy Fish and check out the other blogs. You can also click on the button over there at the right.>>> Have a great week and see you all next week! Happy New Year...Becs

Welcome 2010!

I hope everyone has an amazing and blessed New Year! I am praying that the New Year brings wonderful opportunities to you all! I am excited about 2010, it is a New Season and a New Beginning! This scripture reminds me to be joyous in anticipation and not worrysome.

"Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert." Isaiah 43:19



God Bless You! Becs

The Last Pink Saturday of 2009!

The last Pink Saturday of 2009! Thank you Beverly (How Sweet the Sound) for hosting these wonderful Saturdays! I wanted to show you my pink tree when it was lit up with the pink candy lights. Isn't it cute?


And......I wanted to show you my newest Pink addition....I got a Pink soldering kit for Christmas from my sister, Bev! It came from Simply Swank! It is too cool!


And an adorable pink bag to keep it all in! It even has a crown on it! I also got some wonderful Pink Paris storage boxes from my niece, Starbucks gift card from my nephew, Pink Cupcake PJ's from My sis from Pajama Gram! They came in a cool pink mesh hat box....I love them! And some See's Sugar Free chocolates!!! YIPEE!

I will have to tell you about the Mississippi Mud Cake that my sister made from scratch! OMG! (and no it was not sugar free, but I saved up all my sugar so I could eat some!) It was a recipe from Paula Deen! The absolute BEST cake I have ever eaten!!!! That story for another post.

Don't forget to stop by Beverly's blog for a list of all the wonderful Pink Saturday participants! Hope you all had a blessed Christmas and wishing you all a safe and Blessed New Year! Becs

Merry Christmas Blog Friends! Have a Blessed Day...

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:11 (KJV)

I hope all of you have a great holiday. This is a bittersweet Christmas for us this year. Our Mother, although she is much safer now, is not at home with us this year. I thank the Lord for her and thank Him for finding a secure and loving place for her to be. We will go see her and spend some time with her, but it will be different this year.

I do appreciate the time we had with her and my dad and will spend time remembering our childhood christmas' What I am most greatful for this year is God's love for me; His blessing me with family and friends that are wonderfully faithful people; security and health! I am anxious for the new year and am waiting to see what He has planned for me.

Be safe and God Bless you! Merry Christmas from Kody (one of God's gifts of unconditional love) and Me!

Becs

Alice's Altered Tea Cup

The Mad Tea Party group recently had an altered tea cup swap (In which I am late getting mine off...) Being sick just put a tremendous damper on all my projects....

This tea cup is for KeKe and I will be mailing it out in the morning. It was challenging for me, just finding a vintage cup that I liked that wasn't too over the top. Most of the tea cups I like are very victorian and lotsa roses on them....




I found this Bavarian tea cup at one of my favorite antique stores and it was only $5.00 (it has a small chip on the cup) but since KeKe won't be drinking out of it, I didn't think Alice would mind.




I used paper millinery roses and shredded paper, netting, tulle and a pink feather and sat Alice up on the feather. I added glitter and trim and some rhinestones...It was fun...




Talk to you soon and if I don't talk to you before Friday...Have a Blessed and Merry Christmas!

A Favorite Christmas Decoration! It's even PINK!

Beverly at How Sweet the Sound has asked us to share this month about our Christmas Favorites...this week it is our favorite decorations. That's my pink tree above. So here's the story...

All of my decorations have been in storage for five years and I cannot get to them. I have wanted a Pink Christmas Tree for years! So, this year I found this cute one at Michael's Craft store and it was the last one and was 40% off. (first reason for being favorite...LOL) I had purchased some of Jorabeel's "Candy lights" last year and was not able to use them because last year was THE worst Chrsitmas ever! (My mom was in advanced stages of Dementia and Alzheimers and still living at home with us and we were a mess!)


Okay, so the tree is pink, the lights are pink, there is a pink boa tucked into, white glittery birds, white and silver glittery snowflakes, glittery silver and gold old fashioned ornaments, keys, white roses, pink and white ice cream cones, pink and green glittery stocking and star (from my friend Ginger...I promise you will get yours this coming week Ginger)


Oh and there are crystal beaded garlands in and around the tree that my sister bought for me(along with the cool little birds), There is a silver and white glittery snowflake with a pink glittery crown on it that I made this that is toward the top of the tree! And one of my crystal rhinestone tiaras is hanging on the tree also!


Oh and I can't miss telling you about the little Hummel boy caroling next to the tin glittered church at the base of the tree. This little Hummel boy is the only one that my mom ever had. She inherited from her older sister who was going to collect them but this was all she was able to get. He is numbered and signed on the bottom. The church was a gift for my sister from me about two years ago. I got it at a place we love to shop called "Good Goodes" A wonderful place!


So, even though this little pink tree is brand new, It is packed full of memories already! I hop you enjoy it as much as we do! It is the only Christmas we have up since our house is totally torn up for the remodel...lol...but we have our Foo Foo pink tree!!!

I will be around to visit later in the day, I am going to a place up north of here called "Christmas in The Barn" It is awesome too! I can't wait to go, it has been 3or 4 years since we last went and our mom was with us and still lucid. I will take pics if I can to post on my blog when I get back! Please leave me a comment and I will visit you and see your awesome offerings when I get home! God Bless and have a wonderful Pink Saturday!

Be sure and click on the link to see all the other amazing bloggers that are joining us. There are some awesome giveaways going on too! Becs

Sweet Christmas Memories

Beverly at How Sweet the Sound has asked us to share a favorite childhood Christmas memory. When I began thinking about this the other day, this story came to my mind immediately.

I am the youngest of four girls (no boys) and to make it even more interesting, I am 10 years younger than the next sister, 12 years younger than the one before that and my eldest sister was 16 when I was born. Needless to say, I was a bit spolied at Christmas! (I know, hard to believe, but true)



At Christmas-time I loved getting our tree and decorating it. I was never allowed to put on the tinsel (the sinlge strands that came in a flat box) My oldest sister Barbara, was quite the perfectionist! She put the tinsel on, one strand at a time! Oh my gosh, that did not work for me...We always had to wait until dad got home from work to decorate the tree because he ALWAYS put the lights on it. They were those colored bulbs that were about an inch wide and an inch and a half tall...no blinking either. And the paint would chip off and eventually we had a lot more clear ones than colored...LOL

Anyway, I decided that I would surprise everyone and have the tinsel already on the tree when they all got home. I diligently started placing the strands on one string at a time. And it seemed like hours had gone by and I still had almost all of the box of tinsel still left, so I decided to just a few at a time. Surely, they would not be able to tell....Well, after I emptied all four boxes of tinsel in clumps all around the bottom two feet of the tree (that was as high as I could reach) I stepped back to admire my work! I was so proud of myself....until everyone came in and said..."BECKY! What have you done?" My sisters were so disgusted because I had ruined the tree and I was about to cry when my dad said it was the most beautiful tree we had decorated in a long time...Then he winked at my sisters to keep them from pointing out exactly how bad the tree actually looked.

I miss my dad most at Christmas! It was his favorite holiday and he delighted in torturing us while he SLOWLY ate his dinner before we could open our presents on Christmas Eve...LOL He always had to have that one last cup of ever so large a coffee...

I really miss that silver tinsel, do they even still make it? Hmmmm, I will have to see if I can find it...



Anyway, thanks for visiting me on Pink Saturday. And don't forget to check out all the other Pink Saturday blogs by clicking here. God Bless you all ~ Becs

It's Gonna Be a Pink Christmas for Me!

I am making some pink a sugary ornaments this year! They are so much fun! This one above I used a chipboard crown and painted it pink then added mica. It is attached to a white snowflake and a sliver snowflake!


This one I made using a cupcake image I got from Cassi's Creations Etsy store. SHe has some pages with several different cakes and cupcakes! I am making some more that I will post later in the week using more of Cassi's images along with some other fun stuff! Take care and God Bless you all! ~Becs

Alice In Wonderland Tag Swap

I have finally been able to take photos of all the beautiful tags I received from the Le Vintage Alice Tag swap we did about a month ago. Here are the wonderful tags from everyone.


From left to right (vintage susie & wings; vintage susie & wings; Arielle of Le Vintage; Jennifer Kirby of the rusty tiara)


From left to right (Jennifer Kirby of the rusty tiara; Teri Gauthier; Wanda Stivison of needlewings)


From left to right (Teri Gauthier; Missy Hollenbeck of fairychildheirlooms; me)


From left to right (Michelle Scafer of studio at crow haven farms; me; Nancy Stone of nancymatters)

Thanks everyone for all the wonderful tags and all the extra goodies! Becs